Of the 16 candidates for Glendale City Council, school board, and the college’s board of trustees, at least six have records of bankruptcies, tax liens, credit card collections and other matters, a News-Press investigation has revealed.
The...

Two suspects who led police on a roughly half-hour car chase from Glendale to Sylmar after one of them reportedly stole a woman’s purse at the Glendale Galleria were arrested Saturday, police said.
At around 6:40 p.m., police were dispatched to the...

Seven drivers were arrested during a DUI saturation patrol Friday evening for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, police said.
Extra officers were deployed between 6 p.m. Friday and 2 a.m. Saturday to look for impaired drivers, according to...

Two people were arrested at the Glendale Galleria Saturday on suspicion of identity theft after one of them bought a $465 handbag from Bloomingdale’s with a credit card she opened in someone else’s name, police said.
At around 6:15 p.m.,...

A 37-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly leading police on a car chase which ended after he struck a parked car, police said.
Just after 9 p.m., an officer attempted to stop the motorist, identified as James Owens, for a traffic violation in the 200 block of Glendale Avenue. However, Owens kept going, at one point traveling more than 100 mph, said Glendale Police spokeswoman Tahnee Lightfoot.
After reportedly crashing into a parked car, Owens fled on foot. Located by Glendale’s...

Police are looking for a man who led officers on a car chase while driving a stolen vehicle early Wednesday morning.
At around 2:10 a.m., an officer tried to stop the motorist for traffic violations, said Glendale Police spokeswoman Tahnee Lightfoot.
The man pulled over at San Fernando Road and Glendale Boulevard. After a passenger hopped out, he reportedly drove off, evading police, Lightfoot said.
The driver then stopped at Edenurst and Rigali avenues and ran into a small park.
Officers set up a...

A 45-year-old Woodland Hills man was arrested Thursday morning after allegedly groping and kissing a 20-year-old woman hiking in Brand Park, police said.
The Glendale woman was hiking on a trail near the Brand Library when the man, identified as Robert Yaghnazari, approached her and began talking to her, said Glendale Police spokeswoman Tahnee Lightfoot.
His questions seemed innocuous to the victim at first, then became more personal, according to police.
During a difficult portion of the trail,...

The number of property crimes reported in Glendale last year dropped slightly from the year before, though there was a small uptick in violent crimes, according to year-end crime statistics released by the Glendale Police Department.
In 2014, 189 violent crimes, including homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault, were reported in Glendale, compared to 179 the year prior.
Meanwhile, property crimes, including burglary, theft and arson as well as auto theft and burglary, decreased by almost 4%,...

Earplugs, in. Headsets, on. Seat belts, fastened. Safety briefing, done. Motion sickness bags, within reach.
Around 1 p.m. on Friday, Glendale Police Pilot Mike Woolner — with Tactical Flight Officer Art Obrusnik by his side — fired up the new helicopter owned by the Glendale and Burbank police departments for the first of six hour-and-a-half patrol flights scheduled for the day.
“All right, here we go,” said Woolner, who joined the air unit seven years ago after three years as...

Sheriff’s officials are investigating whether three home break-ins reported in La Crescenta last week may be related, officials said.
Last Wednesday morning, a resident returned to her home in the 5300 block of Pineridge Drive to find that her front glass-door window had been broken, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department police report.
Inside, the cabinet drawers in the living room, along with dresser drawers in the downstairs bedroom, had been ransacked, and Social...

A DUI patrol in Glendale on Super Bowl Sunday yielded five arrests, police said.
From 3 to 11 p.m., one patrol car, with two officers, was assigned to look out for drunk or drugged drivers, said Glendale Police spokeswoman Tahnee Lightfoot.
Three drivers were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and another was arrested for driving with a suspended license. In the fifth arrest, a passenger in a car was arrested on an outstanding warrant.